The numbers say it all and they are that conclusive. According to the report «Poverty 3.0. Poverty Advances », Andalusia has become the poorest region in Europe (in 2010 it was ranked fifth). More than 40% of the Andalusian population lives in the circle of poverty, or what is the same, some three and a half million people. And the Government continues to speak of an unusual recovery in the economy ...
Andalusia has a 35,8% unemployment rate, which causes the patrimony of its citizens to have fallen dramatically in recent years. Many thousands and thousands of people find it impossible not only to make ends meet (those who charge religiously) but even to get ahead. There is an enormous inability to meet unforeseen expenses and the difference between rich and poor it is getting too big (it is already 7%, two points more than in 2010).
To these numbers we must also add those that due to shame or thanks to the help of the families do not appear in the registers of the poor. This would make the figure even more bloody than it is. Are we then, as the higher authorities tell us, in a recovery of the economy? We could discuss this extensively in light of these results, right?
A poverty that is advancing and that, according to the worst prospects, will continue to do so as long as governments continue putting markets before people. Without going any further, the General State Budgets for 2014 contemplate a 36% drop in the Social Services item and a 39% increase in military innovation. Something that, seeing what happens not only in Andalusia but in all of Spain, is completely incongruous.
So much so that six of the main Andalusian cities, Seville, Malaga, Granada, Huelva, Cádiz and Jerez de la Frontera have convened concentrations and events on the occasion of the World Day for the Eradication of Poverty. These demands will be directed to the central government and the Junta de Andalucía to draw up budgets that support social policies and the fight against poverty and inequality.
Given this panorama, it is not surprising that Andalusia is marching down the path of social bankruptcy. 12% of the Andalusian population has delays in paying bills such as electricity, water or the mortgage, which is three points above the national average. Likewise, 66% of schoolchildren do not have access to any educational resource such as textbooks, computers or calculators… 66% !!!…
I still remember that motto of Chaves and Griñán, former presidents of the Junta, who said something like "Unstoppable Andalusia" ...
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It is what has to be governed for so many years by the PSOE… As with ZP, spending resources on equality ministries, etc. ... A curraaaarrrrrrrrr
Why is Andalusia the autonomy with the most unemployment and backwardness in education in all of Spain?
This article suffers from a lack of rigor. Poverty is growing in Andalusia and although he seems to criticize the Andalusian government, he blames the central government for it.
To be rigorous in the approach and to be able to affirm or deny the consequence, it is necessary to know what happens in the rest of Spain. If it follows the same trend as Andalusia, then the fault lies with the central government, but if in the rest of Spain poverty decreases and here it is growing, then the fault lies with the Andalusian government.
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Andalusia is precisely the region where markets matter less and subsidies matter more. What does the writer of this article claim? Fix it with less market and with even more subsidies? Why do we have to put up with people every day who only know how to solve problems by insulting private initiative and begging the politicians?
Unusual recovery of the economy? As far as I know we are in a country where public debt exceeds GDP ...
Anyway, I do not know the rest of the data but there are some that are simply false. 66% of Andalusian students, says the article, do not have access to any educational resource. The problem is that the Junta de Andalucía provides textbooks to 100% of the students, so I don't know how to support the claim. And as for those that 40% of the Andalusian population lives in the circle of poverty, well, I may be wrong, but I don't have the feeling that this is true either. I teach at an institute and I know the social reality of many children and I do not perceive a situation like the one exposed, although it could also be that I was deceiving myself.